IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aceitunas

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2009PR005001

User Pedon ID: S2009PR005001

User Site Association ID: D09PR005001

Transect:

User Transect ID - 2010-004T

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 09N0829

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24636

Print Date: 12/17/2024

LOCATION

Location In Web Soil Survey

AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.

Location in SoilWeb

Location in Google Maps

Std. Latitude: 18.4345000

Std. Longitude: -67.1185556

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Aguadilla Puerto Rico. Approximately 0.83 mile southeast from the intersection of PR Hwys. 2 and 443; about 0.30 mile northeast from the intersection of PR Hwy. 443 and the municipality paved road on pastureland.. USGS Moca topographic quadrangle (1964); lat. 18 degrees 26 minutes 04.2 seconds N; long. 67 degrees 07 minutes 06.8 seconds W.

State: Puerto Rico

County: PR005—Aguadilla

MLRA: 272—Humid Coastal Plains

Regional Office: SE—Southeast

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR684—Mayaguez Area, Puerto Rico Western Part

PEDON

Describers Name: Jorge L. Lugo; Samuel Rios; Miguel A. Munoz; Ellis Benham

Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic Typic Kandihumults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: representative pedon for component

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Aceitunas (flagged as OSD)

PSC - 16 to 41 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/30/2015

Classifier - Samuel Rios

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Aceitunas

Taxonomic Class - Fine, isohyperthermic Typic Paleudults

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 4/1/2009

Moisture SUBClass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 3

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:

Current Crop - pangolagrass

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: fine texture alluvium derived from volcanic and sedimentary rock

Landscape: coastal plain

Landform: karstic marine terrace, karst valley

Geomorphic Component Flats: talf

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Pattern: karst

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: yes

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 4/1/2009 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Jorge L. Lugo; Samuel Rios; Miguel A. Munoz; Ellis Benham

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Hydrology Status: unaltered

Plant Association Name: Pastureland

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - partly cloudy

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon kandic horizon	0—16 16—200	—- —-

Site Soil Temperature
Site Obs. Date	Depth	Sensor Kind	Temperature
	cm		C
4/1/2009	50	—	23

Setting and Climate
Slope	Slope Length USLE	Upslope Length	Elev.	Corr. Elev	Aspect	MAP	REAP	FFD	MAAT	MSAT	MWAT	MAST	MSST	MWST	MFFP	PE Index	Climate Station ID	Climate Station Name	Climate Station Type
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
14	—	—	175	—	90	1443	—	365	25.2	26.1	23.8	—	—	—	—	—	661345	CALERO AND QUEBRADILLAS	Weather (NOAA)

Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face clay; 28 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 61 percent clay; strong medium granular, and strong fine granular structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; many (5.0) very fine high-continuity irregular and many (5.0) medium high-continuity irregular and many (5.0) fine high-continuity irregular pores; fragments; none odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02850; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bt1—16 to 28 centimeters (6.3 to 11.0 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face clay; 22 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 70 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; few (0.9) very fine moderate-continuity tubular and common (4.0) very fine moderate-continuity irregular and common (4.0) fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; none odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02851; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 1194136; continuous - phpvsfiid 1194136

Bt2—28 to 78 centimeters (11.0 to 30.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face clay; 18 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 76 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; common (4.0) very fine high-continuity irregular and common (4.0) medium high-continuity dendritic tubular and common (4.0) fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and common (4.0) fine high-continuity irregular and common (4.0) coarse high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 4 percent iron-manganese masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; none odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N0252; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bt3—78 to 108 centimeters (30.7 to 42.5 inches); 95 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face clay; 20 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 76 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; common (4.0) very fine moderate-continuity irregular and common (4.0) fine moderate-continuity tubular and common (4.0) fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 8 percent iron-manganese masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; none odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02853; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bt4—108 to 133 centimeters (42.5 to 52.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face clay; 19 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 74 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; common (4.0) very fine moderate-continuity irregular and few (0.9) fine moderate-continuity tubular and common (4.0) fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent iron-manganese masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; none odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02854; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bt5—133 to 164 centimeters (52.4 to 64.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face clay; 21 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 74 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; common (4.0) very fine moderate-continuity irregular and few (0.9) fine moderate-continuity tubular and common (4.0) fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent iron-manganese masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; none odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02855; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bt6—164 to 200 centimeters (64.6 to 78.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face clay; 20 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 72 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; many (5.0) very fine moderate-continuity irregular and many (5.0) fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent iron-manganese masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; none odor; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N02856; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry